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Politics / Re: 15 Striking Errors From Buhari's Leadership by idumuose(m): 11:43pm On Jan 09, 2019
I agree with you
Politics / 15 Striking Errors From Buhari's Leadership by idumuose(m): 10:22pm On Jan 09, 2019
15 STRIKING ERRORS FROM BUHARI'S LEADERSHIP
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If you cannot learn from people's success, you can indeed learn from their failures. There are 15 important lessons to learn from the performance of the current administration.

Warning: Please note that the writer is not a politician or a party affiliate. He is a leader, a management consultant,an author, a trainer and a citizen of the greatest black country in world-Nigeria
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*1. Have a plan before you set out to lead*.
The APC party never had a plan, they only had promises. It is easy to say I will make one dollar to one naira- that's a promise, but how do you make that happen was never mentioned. A plan is the road map to every achievement.

*2. Be honest with why you want to be a leader.*
The reasons they gave why they want to come into power and the incoming addressing of those reasons became totally different. How can you say "you are for nobody but for everybody" and end up recruiting people only from your region and your state having the largest share?

*3. Promise little, deliver more or Promise more and deliver little.*
They obviously had more promises than they could definitely deliver. Of all their about 21 core promises, their scorecard shows they have delivered very little. So if you want to achieve much, make few promises and over deliver!

*4. You cannot build a reputation on what you are going to do.*
Most of the gigantic promises were built on what to do, not what has been done in the past. People will not take you serious if you have all it's takes to perform and you are still promising or giving blame. Act, do, keep doing and keep going and best of all know where to go.

*5. The past cannot always determine the future.*
In the past as a military administrator, it is easier to make decrees and to rule with an iron fist and cover gross mistakes with threats and stringent military brutality. But Nigeria is not in military reign and can never go that way again. Past successes may sometimes not predict future ones if the man and his methods aren't changing. So if things are working change the method and if still not working change the machine if it's still not working, change the man.

*6. Never be partial.*
It is said that if dirt is too much in a blind man's soup he will know it's no longer crayfish. When you are swift in dealing with IPOB and proscribing them as terrorists and you then turn around to say that you don't know what to do to Fulani Herdsmen incessant killings, or you ask the people to pray about it, then you know the people are not blind, they know who and what you stand for. To succeed in LEADERSHIP you may need to step on the toes of those too close to you.

*7. He that must come to equity must come with clean hands.*
You cannot have people who have soiled their garments with oil in your showroom where you hope to sell brilliant white clothes. And you cannot turn a blind eye when your friend steals from the market place and then shout 'ole' or 'barawo' when you suspect your enemy. If you want to fight corruption, start from yourself, your circle, then the circle after that, and so it goes. Change comes usually as a spiral effect

*8. You can never make people rich or happy by sharing N10,000 to them.*
Not even a hundred thousand naira can do that, when indeed the roads you took to that place you shared the money are probably in bad shape. A man who used the ponmo he would have used to cook for his in-laws to make band and gives his in-laws fu-fu without meat, should know that when his in-laws are going they will go with his wife. It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish.

*9. Stop blaming your past.* You can't go forward until you get done with the past. If you keep blaming people on what you are asked to do, you end up becoming lame. Blame makes people lame. Humanity is lame today because of Adam's blame!

*10. Integrity is everything.*
Integrity is not when you are clean and clear in one area, integrity is wholistic. A man was wrongly given a carton of money instead of a carton of fish, and he returned it. To appreciate him the store owner, wanted the news to go out to mass media, but the man objected that because the woman that was with him the time he came to buy the fish was not his wife- he was actually cheating on his wife that day. So he's honest with not stealing, but not honest to his own wife. Integrity is doing what you say you would do, how you said you would do it and even when you said you would do it.

*11. Take decisions on time.* Decision taking is LEADERSHIP. If it's takes you forever to take a decision, when will you act on those decisions and when will you achieve your decision? One would have thought, the longer the decision, the better it is. But that's an hypothesis, not in reality. Sometimes the quicker the decision, the better it is. Strike the iron when it's hot!

*12. Use professionals.*
Not propagandists. The difference between a professional public servant and a hound of propagandists is what is the major difference between America and Nigeria. The American economy was built by professionals not propagandists. And no economy in the world was ever built on propaganda. Even China a Communist country relies on professionalism. So what 10 Lai Mohammed's cannot achieve, only one Liu He- the man in charge of China's economy can.

*13. Accept mistakes sincerely and don't cover them up with more excuses.*
A friend mentioned sometimes ago that excuse givers are good for nothing and I sincerely agree. If you make mistakes accept them as no one is infallible only GOD is. Hence you are not GOD, you shouldn't always defend your shortcomings. Those you are trying to showcase a defence to know your blind spots. They also know they have their own weaknesses. So why trying to play holy when indeed you can confess your sins and be forgiven.

*14. Listen to others, especially your wife.*
Your wife is the only one that can boldly tell you your mouth is smelling! The next person might be a honest friend. People might be feeling ashamed or thinking you might feel embarrassed when they tell you. But if you got honest people who tell you things rightly, rather than those who tell you only the right things they think you want to hear you will be a great leader.

*15. Don't surround yourself with only yes, yes people.*
Get feedbacks from your enemies, know what people think about your leadership from those who don't like you also. Talking positively all the time may lead to information diabetes and soon the system will need insulin.
In customer service delivery, we teach that the best feedback is the one given by your aggrieved customers. Products are well packaged, software becomes more secured as a result of feedback resources from the complaint box.

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Investment / Re: Do People In Nigeria Profit In Binary Trading Investment (forex)? by idumuose(m): 2:57pm On Oct 18, 2018
lusciouslyon:
Binary options is very risky n largely characterized by losses. I had a short time wit it over a year ago b4 I settled for football trading on betfair. And no looking back since then. I can train you on football trading with proven strategies that work.
Are you talking of virtual football?
Are you making profit from it?
Politics / Re: Why Nigeria Under Buhari Is World Headquarters For Extreme Poverty by idumuose(m): 12:18pm On Sep 04, 2018
I can't agree any less.
Politics / Why Nigeria Under Buhari Is World Headquarters For Extreme Poverty by idumuose(m): 12:16pm On Sep 04, 2018
Why Nigeria under Buhari is world headquarters for extreme poverty – Reno

On Wednesday the 29th of August, 2018, British Prime Minister, Theresa May, visited Nigeria with a plane full of business people to help Britain make money in Nigeria. So meticulously choreographed was her visit, that she came with businessmen and women that sold or manufactured every item you could imagine from air fresheners to Scotch whiskey.

Mrs May, who I met twice last year, demonstrated the main thrust of her visit by travelling with David Schwimmer, the Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange. Her entourage to Nigeria was chockfull of business and industry folk and very lean on civil servants and politicians.

In fact, only two members of her cabinet joined her on her African trip. If there was any spare space on the Royal Airforce Jet that flew her to Africa, that space was reserved for people who could bring jobs and capital to Britain.

Even though a day earlier, Mrs May had regretted that Nigeria is home to the largest number of extremely poor people in the world, she still took her time to meet the few extremely rich people in Nigeria and introduced them to the businesspeople on her entourage.

She met for 40 minutes with an assortment of Nigerian business leaders like Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, along with Femi Otedola and Tony Elumelu. Mrs May did not come to play. She came to pay. Pay Britain mind you. Not Nigeria.

Not to be undone, her German counterpart, Chancellor Angela Merkel, flew into Nigeria two days after Mrs May.

When Nigeria’s ambassador to Germany, Yusuf Tuggar, was asked why Mrs Merkel was visiting Nigeria, he said “She is coming with a business delegation which is very important. We have strong economic relations with Germany over the years. But one of the major challenges in recent times has been how to attract German medium-size businesses to invest in Nigeria.”

Note that Mrs Merkel led a “business delegation” to Nigeria, not a political delegation, even though the Mediterranean Migrant Crisis (please watch my TEDxApata talk on this issue) played heavily on her mind.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, August 31, 2018, the Nigerian Presidency announced that Muhammadu Buhari, who is the President of Nigeria, the world headquarters for extreme poverty (according to the World Economic Forum and the World Poverty Clock), is on his way to China, the second largest economy on earth.

Expectedly, the Presidency released a list of Mr Buhari’s entourage and for your benefit, I will simply republish the part of the official statement detailing President Buhari’s entourage below;

“President Buhari will be accompanied to Beijing by his wife, Aisha, who is scheduled to participate in a Spouses’ Programme on China-Africa at the Great Hall of the People, under the theme, “Joining Hands for a Future of AIDS.”

Also on the President’s entourage are Governors Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar (Bauchi), Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa) and Rochas Okorocha (Imo).

Others are Senators Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa), George Akume (Benue), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), and Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto).

Also accompanying the president are: Ministers Geoffrey Onyeama (Foreign Affairs), Rotimi Amaechi (Transport), Babatunde Fashola (Power, Works and Housing), Muhammad Bello (FCT), Okechukwu Enelamah (Industry, Trade and Investment), Udoma Udo Udoma (Budget and National Planning), Suleiman Adamu (Water Resources); Ibe Kachikwu (State, Petroleum Resources), and Hadi Sirika (State, Aviation).

Others are the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar; and the Group Managing Director, NNPC, Maikanti Baru.”

Observe that President Buhari’s entourage is full of his ministers, Governors, the GMD NNPC and other civil servants. Not ONE business person is on the entourage!

Let that sink in for a minute. Or perhaps two minutes.

Do you now see why Nigeria is the world’s headquarters for extreme poverty and why the U.K. and Germany are poster nations for extreme wealth?

It all boils down to leadership. A leader is either a catalyst for growth or a lid that prevents growth. Muhammadu Buhari is the latter.

A mere three years ago, Nigeria was the third fastest growing economy in the world because we had a President who loaded his entourage with business people whenever he visited foreign nations.

Former President Jonathan not only travelled with Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Tony Elumelu, Aig Imokhuede amongst others, he also included cultural icons from Nollywood and Nigeria’s blossoming pop music scene on his entourage.

For instance, Aliko Dangote was on former President Jonathan’s September 2013 entourage to Kenya (where Dangote now has massive investments) and had this to say about Mr Jonathan in Nairobi:

“I want to tell you what the president has been doing in Nigeria. He is very humble and may not want to sing about what he has been doing.

I will tell you what he has been doing to Nigerians and to some of us who are in business in Nigeria. We are very grateful for some of the policies he has introduced.

As you all know, without good policies of government, there is no way a person like me from a big town like Kano can rise from a humble beginning to become the 25th richest person on earth.

Without the policies of the president and also making sure that there is consistency in the policies of the government, this could not have happened.”

Which Nigerian businessman can say that of President Buhari today? When Dangote made that statement, he was worth $25 billion. Today, after three and s half years of Buhari, the same Dangote is now worth $12.4 billion. Less than half what he was worth a mere four years ago!

I am yet to hear of a President like Muhammadu Buhari, who rather than go abroad to project his country positively, would rather go overseas to demarket the economy he should promote.

When Theresa May visited Nigeria, she promoted Nigerians by wearing a jacket made by Emmanuel Okoro, a Nigerian designer. But when does Buhari, our own President, promote Nigeria? He goes abroad for medical treatments and while there he calls our youth “lazy” and our adults “criminals”.

Have you ever heard of Emmanuel Okoro before today? If not for Mrs May, I would never have heard of him. There are leaders and there are leaders!

And it was rather amusing to watch President Buhari introducing one government official after another to Mrs May and Mrs Merkel. Rather amusing indeed. What are those salary earners and civil servants going to discuss with the business elite those two great women brought with them? Pitiful really.

It is such a pity that the four highlights of Buhari Presidency have been that:

Nigeria had her first recession in 25 years under BuhariNigeria became the world headquarters for extreme poverty under BuhariNigeria made her worst ever performance on Transparency International’s CPI under BuhariThe Naira became the 4th worst performing currency in the world under Buhari

And the reason that Nigeria is poor is not because we have poverty of resources. It is because we have poverty of leadership. You see, no matter how much resources a man has, it will never be enough if he does not know how to use them.

If Davido, a billionaire son, a multimillionaire in his own right and an international music superstar who has made and continues to make Nigeria proud, can serve his nation in the compulsory National Youth Service Corp, then why didn’t Kemi Adeosun serve? And why is Buhari protecting her? And how can you continue to lie to yourself that Buhari has integrity? #RenosDarts

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Politics / Re: Names Of Former Governors On Corruption Trial And The Money They Stole by idumuose(m): 8:04pm On Jun 14, 2018
ojun50:
This set of people no suppose they alive

Security votes wasn't enough for them. They went ahead and stole their state monthly allocation.
Politics / Re: Names Of Former Governors On Corruption Trial And The Money They Stole by idumuose(m): 7:57pm On Jun 14, 2018
I call it
The hall of thieves.
Politics / Names Of Former Governors On Corruption Trial And The Money They Stole by idumuose(m): 7:54pm On Jun 14, 2018
FORMER GOVERNORS ON CORRUPTION TRIAL
>>> Former State Governors on Corruption Trial (incomplete list)

1. Saminu Turaki - N36bn
2. Murtala Nyako - N29bn
3. Danjuma Goje - N25bn
4. Timipre Sylva - N19.2bn
5. Abdullahi Adamu - N15bn
6. Attahiru Bafarawa - N15bn
7. Otunba Alao-Akala - N11.5bn
8. Ibrahim Shehu Shema - N11bn
9. Aliyu Akwe Doma - N8bn
10. Gbenga Daniel - N7bn
11. Chimaroke Nnamani - N5bn
12. Babangida Aliyu - N5bn (2 cases)
13. Rasheed Ladoja - N4.7bn
14. Orji Uzor Kalu - N3.2bn
15. Gabriel Suswan - N3.1bn
16. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri - N2.9bn
17. Jolly Nyame - N1.64bn (Trial concluded)
18. Sule Lamido - N1.3bn
19. Joshua Dariye - N1.16bn (Trial concluded)
20. Ahmed Sani Yerima - N1bn
21. Ikedi Ohakim - N270m
22. James Bala Ngilari - N167m
23. Bukola Saraki - False Declaration of Assets.
24.Jonah Jang -6.3 billion.

Source: TransparencIT Nigeria
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THE ANTI CORRUPTION CRUSADE MUST BE TOTAL AND NO SACRED COW,ALL MUST FACE THE FULL WRATH OF THE LAW IF FOUND GUILTY.
Politics / Re: The Untold Story Of A Founding Member Of Action Group Who Was A Robbery Kingpin by idumuose(m): 10:21am On Jun 07, 2018
[quote author=Crocky23 post=68257719]I didnt read it, too long but I think the person they are talking about is Tinubu.
Tinubu - biggest Yoruba robber since Sina Rambo. [/quote}

Its not Tinubu.

This bank robbery ncident occurred in Kwara state in 1971.
Politics / The Untold Story Of A Founding Member Of Action Group Who Was A Robbery Kingpin by idumuose(m): 10:11am On Jun 07, 2018
The Untold Story of ST Oredein, a Political Godfather Who Became a Robbery Kingpin.

There was no one in Western Nigeria who did not know S. T. Oredein. If there was such a person, he must have just arrived from Planet Jupiter. Chief Samuel Taiwo Oredein was not just a politician. He was politics personified. He was a kingmaker. He was a godfather. In fact, he was the Big Boss.

Oredein belonged to the exclusive club of the seven people who partnered with Chief Obafemi Awolowo to establish the Action Group which became the party that produced the first premier of the region. You don’t know the other founders? I will tell you. They are: Abiodun Akerele, Ade Akinsanya, J. O. Adigun, S. O. Shonibare, Ayo Akinsanya, and Olatunji Dosunmu.

Founders of the Action Group

ST did not hold a cabinet position. He was however more powerful than some Ministers of government. He was the Principal Organising Secretary of the Action Group in the First Republic. It is on record that ST had legal authority to issue query to Ministers and chairmen of government’s statutory corporations. It was Chief Oredein that broke the news of Segun's death to Chief Awolowo.

As an acclaimed authority on political moblisation, he also wrote a book. He was the author of A Manual on Action Group Party Organisation. It was published in 1955.

When the news broke in 1971 of his involvement in a case of armed robbery, it was greeted with shock and unbelief. It must have been a mistake, people thought. Or could it have been a political frame up?
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On April 13, 1971, Nigerians woke up to hear the news of an armed robbery attack on Bacita Road. Bacita is a small town in Kwara State. It used to be a very popular town in the past. It is the location of Nigerian Sugar Company. When the company was established in 1964, it was the first integrated sugar factory in Nigeria. The town even has an airstrip.

The armed robbery attack was as daring as it was audacious. It was carried out with military precision. Two officers of Barclays Bank and two policemen who were in the vehicles that were attacked by the armed robbers were seriously wounded. One of the wounded persons later died of his injuries at the hospital. (And in case you are wondering what happened to the then Barclays Bank, it is the bank that became our present day Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.)

At the end of the ‘operation’, the armed robbers went away with a box containing thirteen thousand pounds. That was a lot of money in 1971. Chief Awolowo was then the Finance Minister and with his prudent management of Nigerian economy, our pound was almost at par with the British pound.

Barclays Bank BuildingMr. Kam Salem was the Inspector General of Police at the time. The Kam Salem House on Moloney Street, Obalende, Lagos is named after him. He directed all police formations across the country to fish out those behind the attack. The police spread its dragnet and within days of the robbery, Felix Dumeh, the leader of the gang was arrested. Nigerians jubilated when they heard the news.

Felix did not make any attempt to deny being the ringleader. He promised to cooperate with the police. He told his interrogators that although he was the leader of the gang, he was not the real brain behind the daring raid. Felix must have at some point in his life aspired to be a musician. He began to sing like a canary. He started to mention names.

The investigators listened in shock as Felix began to mention one name after another. He was not mentioning names of common criminals that the police officers were familiar with. The names of people he mentioned as his backers, protectors and shareholders were names of people you only read about in newspapers.

The first person he mentioned was a Chief Superintendent of Police at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Ibadan, Patrick Njovens. The interrogators opened their mouth in wonder. Felix threw another bomb when he mentioned Mr. Yesufu Bello, an Assistant Superintendent of Police also of CID, Ibadan. The third person he listed as his backer was Amusa Abidogun, a Chief Inspector of Police stationed in Ibadan.

The investigators thought they had heard everything. They didn’t know that egun nla ni o n kehin igbale. It is the biggest masquerade that is the last to come out of the grove. Then Felix spoke again. The name came out in a whisper. It was the name they were all familiar with. I have already told you that there was no one in the Western Region that did not know High Chief Oredein.

Iya Agba, my grandmother, used to tell me that when a child’s net catches a tilapia, the child eats it alone. But when the net catches a shark, the child must run to his father. The investigators knew immediately that this was not a tilapia. The fish they were looking at was nothing but a shark. They went to brief their superior.

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police was Mr. Sunday Adewusi. He was later to serve as the Inspector General of Police between 1981 and 1983. Ha! You remember him? He was the IGP when Alhaji Shehu Shagari was the President.

Mr. Adewusi sent his officers to Ibadan Command to investigate the matter. On getting to Ibadan, Adewusi’s officers were arrested by the three senior police officers they were sent to arrest! You are saying “Haba!” The hunters became the hunted. The Ilorin officers were later thrown out of the station! They were warned never to come to Ibadan again.

The three senior officers however didn’t reckon with Adewusi’s tenacity. He came back and got the three of them arrested. He took them to Ilorin. He also invited Chief Oredein for a 'chat'.

Chief Oredein arrived at the Police Command in a grand style. He came to Ilorin in his Mercedes car with its unique plate number: WR 6666. He expected it to be a brief meeting. He had engagements later that day in Ibadan and he had promised to be back at his base before nightfall.

Unknown to ST, the police had done their homework thoroughly. They had painstakingly investigated the case and gathered relevant evidence and related materials before inviting the political godfather. One of the people that the police met in the course of their investigation was Mustapha Adigun who was popularly called Balewa. He got the nickname from the abbreviation of his first name, Tafa! But he was never a Prime Minister. He was also called Tafa Igiripa by some people.

Adigun claimed that Oredein was his boss during the days of politics when he (Adigun) was the head of ST’s political boys. He informed the police that in the evening of the day of the armed robbery attack, he went with his boss to the house of Felix Dumeh. In addition to his boss, the three police officers mentioned by Felix were also present. I am not sure they were wearing police uniforms for that special assignment.

Felix was said to have brought out a bottle of schnapps and some pieces of alligator pepper. He opened the bottle and poured a little quantity on the floor and also threw some alligator pepper on the floor. Like a Chief Priest, Felix then raised the bottle of the alcoholic drink and said: “this thing wey tin we dey do, God make it no let it prove.” They all chorused amen to the solemn prayers. Felix then drank out of the bottle and chewed one alligator pepper. The four of them also drank out of the bottle and chewed alligator pepper.

Oath taking and prayers completed, Felix went to bring a brown paper bag. It was the size of a carton. He gave it to Oredein. ST was about to open the carton when Amusa Abidogun, the Chief Inspector of Police snatched it from him. Abidogun passed the carton to his superior officer Njovens, with a smart police salute. You know seniority is important in the Force. It was the Chief Superintendent of Police who finally opened the paper bag. It was full of currency.

Njovens looked suspiciously at the carton, his eyes made a mental calculation of the total sum. “How much?” He asked. Felix raised his spread left palm before saying “Five.” The senior police officer shook his head. “Is that the arrangement? Before, the arrangement was seven” Felix began to fidget. “The boys are too many on it.” Well, half a loaf of bread was still bread. Five or Seven, Njovens was not one to reject money. Akosapo la n ko owo. The proper way to reject money is to put it in your pocket, as Iya Agba used to say.

Oredein was stunned when he arrived at the police headquarters to meet both Adigun and Felix. Commissioner Adewusi asked them to repeat what they told the police. They did. In the presence of Oredein, Felix confirmed Adigun’s statement that it was Oredein that first received the carton of money from him before Abidogun snatched it from him.

The former Principal Organising Secretary of the Action Group looked blankly at Felix. With a straight face and a deadpan expression, he denied knowing Felix or ever visiting his house. Njovens, Bello and Abidogun also made feeble attempts to deny knowing Felix. Later they started to beg the future IGP to assist them because it was the devil that actually used them to collect the money. “Ise asetani ni. Mo fi Anabi ati Jesu Krisiti beyin!” That was from Alhaji Amusa Abidogun, the Chief Inspector. He offered to return part of his own share.

Sample of Nigerian One Pound Note. It was introduced in 1968Chief Oredein, the master strategist, realized that the cards were stacked against him. He checked his sleeve to see whether he had an ace he could use. He found none. It was then he reluctantly admitted that all that Adigun who was also known as Tafa Igiripa said was correct. However, the Chief denied that the money was in one-pound denomination as stated by Adigun. Adigun maintained his stand. Finally, ST nodded his head that the money was actually in one-pound denomination. Reverse Side of Nigerian One Pound Note. It was withdrawn in 1973.

It was over the radio that people heard the news. Chief Oredein had been arrested and would be arraigned in Court for armed robbery! Armed robbery! It must have been a case of mistaken identity. It could not have been the Chief S. T. Oredein that they knew. Armed robbery! Ki lo pa alaso funfun ati alaro po? What could have been the connection with the owner of a white cloth and a dyer?

In truth, Chief Oredein was not a poor man by any standard. Everybody knew he was a man of means. Ohun ti a ko mo ni a ko mo, eni ti o ba ti ri oyun oyinbo ti mo pe omo pupa ni o ma fi bi. It is a well known fact that the product of a white woman's pregnancy would always be fair in complexion. Between 1942 and 1962, Chief Oredein had erected six buildings. And mind you, we are not talking of four-bedroom ‘boys quarters’ in a village o! We are talking of real buildings in strategic locations. Four of the houses were at Ibadan. He built one at Oshodi. The sixth building was in a prime area in Ikeja.

What of automobiles? ST had a total of nine vehicles, including cars and lorries for both his business and personal use. He was not only sagacious on the political field. He was also productive in the other room. He was blessed with more than 30 children.

Finally the day of the trial arrived. People had travelled all the way from Lagos, Ibadan and Ogere to Ilorin to confirm whether it was truly the Chief Oredein that was arrested. To the surprise of many of his supporters and friends, it was the author of the book on political organisation himself that was brought to court.

ST was arraigned alongside the three senior police officers. They were charged with abetting the commission of a robbery and of receiving stolen property as well as offence of harbouring known offenders. In other words, they were charged with receiving 5,000 pounds from the armed robbers in order to screen them from legal punishment for the offence.

It was a criminal trial like no other. It was a battle of giants. Chief Oredein and Patrick Njovens briefed Chief Rotimi Williams to appear for them. Bello and Abidogun retained the services of Mr. Richard Akinjide. The prosecution was led by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Kwara State, Mr. Anthony Ekundayo. The three senior lawyers proved their mettle.

The trial judge was a relatively young judge, having been appointed to the Bench only two years before the trial. However, what My Lord Justice Moradeyo Adesiyun lacked in age, His Lordship made up with uncommon brilliance and exemplary courage.

At the trial, Chief Oredein testified that on the day of the robbery he was at his hometown, Ogere having left Ibadan around 6.30pm on that day and only came back to Ibadan the following day. He admitted that it was true that Adewusi confronted him on May 26 with Felix Dumeh but he stated that he denied there and then the allegations of Dumeh. His principal witness was his solicitor who claimed that he was with Chief on April 13 from about 3pm to 11pm. Chief also called an Imam and a farmer as his witnesses. They all testified that he was at Ogere on the evening of April 13.

The trial was not only being conducted in the courtroom. From Ilorin to Ibadan, From Lagos to Enugu, From Port Harcourt to Ile-Ife, people were also busy conducting their own versions of the trial. Would the young judge be able to convict ST if he was found guilty? Would AG leaders allow their former colleague to go to prison for robbery?

When His Lordship adjourned the matter to December 28, 1971 for judgment, speculations began afresh. It was said that it was to enable the judge to release the accused before the end of the year. Some said that thanksgiving services had been planned to coincide with the New Year. All Nigerians waited with bated breath for the judgment day.

Finally, the day arrived. It was a Tuesday. It was three days after Christmas and three days before the New Year.

The four accused persons were brought to the Court in a Black Maria. If ST felt any apprehension, it was not apparent. As he was led to the court, Oredein gave the sign of victory to the crowd of spectators who had come from far and near to hear the verdict. It was a good sign. It was a sign of victory. His people became happy.

Hon. Justice Moradeyo Adesiyun began by reviewing the charges against the four of them. His Lordship extensively analysed and appraised the evidence. When His Lordship noted the fact that the accused were not at the scene of the crime, Oredein turned to smile at the people in the courtroom. He would soon be on his way home.

Then came the moment. His Lordship found that though the accused persons were not physically present at the scene of the armed robbery, they had prior knowledge of the robbery before it took place and that the three of them who were police officers did nothing to prevent the robbery. His Lordship also found that they all received proceeds of the robbery.

Justice Adesiyun therefore came to the conclusion that the accused persons were guilty of the charges against them.

Chief Oredein could not believe his ears. Guilty as charged? He was not going to be free? His native cap which he had been holding, in deference to the authority of the court, clattered to the floor with a thud. The High Chief from Ogere Remo stood still as if he was Opa Oranmiyan in Ile-Ife. It was Yesufu Bello who was standing beside him that nudged him back to reality. “Chief, 'they' are asking if you have anything to say.”

Oredein had not prepared any allocutus. He had not expected to be convicted. Ko si eni ti o gbe oju fifo le adiye ori aba. Who could have imagined that a mother hen would fly off from her hatchery? You don't know allocutus? It is another Latin word they taught us in Law School. It is a statement made by a defendant who has been found guilty before he is sentenced. It is like 'A beg, tamper justice with mercy' that a Lagos bus driver would tell you after breaking the side mirror of your Range Rover.

Allocutus or no allocutus, something must be said. The court had only convicted, His Lordship had not yet pronounced their sentences. Perhaps something could still be done. His eyes scanned the crowded courtroom. It appeared he was looking for someone or something. Whatever he was looking for was not in the court. He turned back to His Lordship.

Oredein pleaded for leniency. In a very moving voice, he informed the court of his past travails: “First it was the treasonable felony and conspiracy trial, but I was acquitted at the Supreme Court. Second, the Aberenla murder trial came, and I was in custody for 11 months before I was freed at Ijebu-Ode High Court. I humbly plead for Your Lordship’s forgiveness.”

Of course you know the treasonable felony trial the Chief referred to. The Aberenla trial he mentioned was the case over the murder of Ogunkoya Aberenla who was the Leader of Ogere Remo's branch of Nigerian National Democratic Party of Chief Ladoke Akintola (Not to be confused with the party of the same name established by Herbert Macaulay in 1922). Aberenla's body was never found. Onigegewura will write about his mysterious disappearance soon.

Justice Adesiyun looked at the accused persons. “If you had any conscience, you should drop your heads in shame.” His Lordship observed that they were lucky not to have been caught by the amendment to the Robbery and Firearms Decree which provided death by public execution for convicted armed robbers and those found to have aided and abetted armed robbery.

His Lordship therefore sentenced each of them to life imprisonment. There was no Federal Court of Appeal in those days. It was only Western State that had a Court of Appeal and Kwara was not part of Western State.

The four of them ran all the way to the Supreme Court.

On May 3, 1973, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment. My Lord Justice Coker who delivered the judgment of the apex court dismissed the appeal of all the convicted persons and affirmed the life sentences imposed on them by the trial court.

Chief Rotimi Williams later became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Mr. Richard Akinjide became a Chief, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and Attorney General of the Federation. Mr. Anthony Ekundayo, the DPP, was elevated to the Bench as a Justice of the High Court of Kwara State. The trial Judge, My Lord Adesiyun was also elevated. His Lordship served as the Chief Judge of Benue State from 1976 until his retirement in 1985.

History Does Not Forget! Historian is not a judge, History is about to repeat itself in the case of Saraki. Time will tell.

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Politics / Re: Fayose Vs Fayemi: Who Commissioned More Projects Within Their Respective 4 Years by idumuose(m): 3:20pm On May 30, 2018
Fayose all the way.
Whoever that constructed from ikere ekiti to ado ekiti did a wonderful job.
Politics / Re: Federal Power Fails Again In Rivers by idumuose(m): 11:05am On Dec 11, 2016
I am still bemused that ngenenkwuenu, aka Nwaniba, aka cleverly the gender l.i.a.r is still

peddling falsehood.

They want to hijack Rivers state in order to use their money to fund their 2019

election.
Freeglobe, i am with you.

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Politics / Re: Wike Is Currently Bribing Senators Against Amaechi's Screening by idumuose(m): 10:48pm On Oct 21, 2015
NONSENSE AND INGREDiENTS
Exits tread

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Politics / Re: Abstract From Buhari's Asset Declaration...he Is A Billionaire by idumuose(m): 7:26pm On Sep 17, 2015
omenka:
Are sure the Wailer above you isn't Idu-mud-house?? cheesy

Dude appears to be suffering from acute pains. cheesy
I am alive and kicking.I will soon be back
Politics / Re: Female Suicide Bomber Attacks Military Checkpoint In Borno - Sahara Reporters by idumuose(m): 7:28pm On Jul 07, 2015
Mogidi:
Someone instructed boko haram to up the ante, this escalation is a ploy to grant amnesty to boko haram.

By December boko boys would be getting stipends from fed govt, mark these words.
You are right Mogidi.Someone in Abuja told me that this sporadic attacks by Boko haram is a means through which the FG will begin the process of granting these virgin finders amnesty.

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Politics / Re: Saraki To APC Senators: You Cannot Remove Ekweremadu by idumuose(m): 11:53pm On Jul 06, 2015
Caseless:
Saraki again!

Saraki should rest assured that , in his reign as senate president, he has forsaken the option of sleeping with both eyes closed; no leader survives with majority of members from his/her own immediate constituent(party in this case) standing in opposition to your leadership.

Eteh with over 50% of the house in her support then, lost out when less than 40% of the house stood for her resignation.

Saraki might not spend 2 days on that seat.
Always ranting as usual.Instead of you to call your brothers suicide bombing everywhere with a reckless abandon, you are here posting irrelevancies.
Politics / Re: Why I Believe PMB Is A Poor Military Strategist by idumuose(m): 11:36pm On Jul 06, 2015
p1jiobi:
Buhari shld bury his pride and ask GEJ to come back, or better still beg GEJ to teach him how to deal with boko haram.
Someone important told me this bombings might be a ploy by Buhari to invite Boko haram for a truce so that he could offer them amnesty.Whereupon, he will introduce amnesty program for them(i do not agree with his hypothesis)

It isn't only niger Delta militants who will enjoy amnesty with the billions of dollars that go with it.
Politics / Re: Why I Believe PMB Is A Poor Military Strategist by idumuose(m): 11:25pm On Jul 06, 2015
opiaoku:
when a lower terrorist jams a higher terrorist you know the result? bombing galore

Buhari + bokoharam = bombing galore cool

Buhari is a terrorist - Elrufai


btw

idumuose longest time bro
Bros i have been very very busy these days and i don't like it.

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Politics / Re: Why I Believe PMB Is A Poor Military Strategist by idumuose(m): 11:23pm On Jul 06, 2015
opiaoku:


i know
It is futile to treat the symptom and not the disease.Buhari has not been able to identify the problem.
Politics / Re: Why I Believe PMB Is A Poor Military Strategist by idumuose(m): 11:18pm On Jul 06, 2015
opiaoku:
when a lower terrorist jams a higher terrorist you know the result? bombing galore

Buhari + bokoharam = bombing galore cool

Buhari is a terrorist - Elrufai

Opiaoku , this is serious.
Politics / Re: Why I Believe PMB Is A Poor Military Strategist by idumuose(m): 11:16pm On Jul 06, 2015
SUBMARINE:
Buhari should resign. grin

Buhari does not have the guts to resign.At present he is overwhelmed by the myriad of challenges he is facing.

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
Politics / Why I Believe PMB Is A Poor Military Strategist by idumuose(m): 11:05pm On Jul 06, 2015
I knew Buhari was not keeping abreast of the security situation in the country when he

ordered the removal of soldiers from various check points across the northern part of the country apart

from Bauchi (Bauchi armoured corps and 211 artillery did not obey the directives.They are currently at various Express roads in Bauchi state)

Buhari goofed big time.Whoever advised him to dismantle military check points should be detained in Gashua prison in sokoto.

Boko haram is indeed on rampage and Buhari and his advisers do not seem to know what to do about this menace.

If you love Nigeria, kindly offer a piece of advise to Buhari.Perhaps, he will give you a listening ear.
Politics / Re: Tinubu: Yoruba Want The Sgf And Cos by idumuose(m): 8:50am On Jun 11, 2015
tit:
this tinubu is just two greedy!
that is why buhari betray him in the issue of senate president and speaker!
but greedy will not allow him to see sense!
if buhari cannot allow tinubu have power in legislative arm,
will buhari allow tinubu be incharge of executive?
If Buhari denies him the post of SGF and chief of staff,Tinubu will go ahead to nominate Buhari's chief cook.

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Politics / Re: If I Were Buhari, I Would Probe Jonathan by idumuose(m): 1:09pm On Jun 04, 2015
Since you are not Buhari,what will you do?

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